# Round One 1.17-20

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One, Lines 1.17-1.20. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/round-one-14/1.17

Bonus: What, in Latin and English, did Romans use to sweeten foods? Mel / honey.
18. The words oak and linden should bring to mind the story of what famous old couple who were turned into adjoining trees as a reward for showing hospitality? Baucis and Philemon.
Bonus: Who were the gods to whom they showed hospitality? Zeus/Juppiter and Hermes/Mercury.
19. Even while denying the rumor, who divorced his wife after it was said that Publius Clodius Pulcher had disturbed the rites of the Bona Dea in order to be with her? Julius Caesar.
Bonus: Who was this wife? Pompeia.
20. Give the three participles and their meanings from the verb scribo . Scribens- writing, scriptus/a/um -having been written, scripturus/a/um -about to write.
Bonus: Translate the participle in the following sentence: Thisbe, intending to die, drew Pyramus' dagger. Moritura.

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